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To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what support
his Department is giving to indigenous people in the Amazon affected by major forest
fires; and what steps his Department is taking to discourage forest burning by logging
and farming interests in Brazil.

<p>The increase in forest fires in the Amazon is a tragedy for all of us, but none
more so than the indigenous people who call the Amazon their home. These fires are
made more likely by deforestation, and that is why we have invested nearly £120 million
of our international climate finance in projects to limit deforestation, support local
and indigenous people, prevent forest fires and implement the Forest Code in the Amazon,
Atlantic Forest and Cerrado biomes.</p><p> </p><p>We will continue to work with Brazilian
partners at federal and sub-national levels to help them protect the Amazon, and to
support the transition to a low carbon economy. The first phase of Defra’s £24.9 million
Low-carbon Agriculture programme, for example, completed in May this year. It reached
over 18,500 beneficiaries in the Amazon and Atlantic forest biomes, avoided the clearance
of 175,000 hectares of land, reduced carbon emissions by 52% and delivered a seven-fold
increase in livestock productivity.</p><p> </p>

<p>The UK Government is working with Brazil to help ensure it protects the Amazon.
We have invested nearly £120 million of our international climate finance in projects
to limit deforestation, support local and indigenous people, prevent forest fires
and implement the Forest Code in the Amazon, Atlantic Forest and Cerrado biomes.</p><p>
</p><p>Following the Amazon fires the UK has also recently engaged with the Brazilian
Government and has pledged a further £10 million to fight deforestation.</p><p> </p>

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many local
authorities in England have submitted data for 2019 on the number of licences they
have issued under the Animal Welfare (Licensing of Activities Involving Animals) (England)
Regulations 2018.

<p>Under regulation 29 of <em>The Animal Welfare (Licensing of Activities Involving
Animals) (England) Regulations 2018</em> it is a requirement for local authorities
in England to submit specified information relating to licensable activities in their
respective areas. Such information should be submitted to the Secretary of State by
31 May for each preceding year 1 April to 31 March. Local authorities have submitted
information to the Secretary of State for this year and Defra is analysing the data.
We aim to publish the information later this year.</p>

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference
to the Animal Welfare (Licensing of Activities Involving Animals) (England) Regulations
2018, how many licences have been issued under those regulations in 2019 for (a) breeding
dogs, (b) providing or arranging for the provision of boarding for cats, (c) providing
or arranging for the provision of boarding for dogs in kennels, (d) providing or arranging
for the provision of day care for dogs, (e) hiring out horses, (f) selling animals
as pets and (g) keeping or training animals for exhibition.

<p>Under regulation 29 of <em>The Animal Welfare (Licensing of Activities Involving
Animals) (England) Regulations 2018</em> it is a requirement for local authorities
in England to submit specified information relating to licensable activities in their
respective areas. Such information should be submitted to the Secretary of State by
31 May for each preceding year 1 April to 31 March. Local authorities have submitted
information to the Secretary of State for this year and Defra is analysing the data.
We aim to publish the information later this year.</p>

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference
to The Animal Welfare (Licensing of Activities Involving Animals) (England) Regulations
2018, what the (a) average fee and (b) lowest and highest charges for licences issued
in England in 2019 to date across all local authorities was for (i) breeding dogs,
(ii) providing or arranging for the provision of boarding for cats, (iii) providing
or arranging for the provision of boarding for dogs in kennels, (iv) providing or
arranging for the provision of day care for dogs, (v) hiring out horses, (vi) selling
animals as pets and (vii) keeping or training animals for exhibition.

<p>Under regulation 29 of <em>The Animal Welfare (Licensing of Activities Involving
Animals) (England) Regulations 2018</em> it is a requirement for local authorities
in England to submit specified information relating to licensable activities in their
respective areas. Such information should be submitted to the Secretary of State by
31 May for each preceding year 1 April to 31 March. Local authorities have submitted
information to the Secretary of State for this year and Defra is analysing the data.
We aim to publish the information later this year.</p>

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the
Government will require companies to repeat tests on animals if previously shared
data on chemical substances registered under EU REACH is no longer accessible.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the national
online platform to enable the public to check vehicle compliance with Clean Air Zone
emissions standards is scheduled to be fully functioning and available to the public;
and for what reasons delivery of this platform by the Government has been delayed.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps
the Government is taking to encourage sustainable fashion from production to purchase
in order to meet (a) UN Sustainable Development Goal 12 on sustainable consumption
and production and (b) the target for net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.